Proverbs 12:21
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
In Context
20Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
22Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Cross References
Psalms 121:7The LORD shall preserve you from all evil: he shall preserve your soul.
Proverbs 11:21Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Ecclesiastes 7:18It is good that you should take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not yours hand: for he that fears God shall come out of them all.
Habakkuk 2:16You are filled with shame for glory: drink you also, and let your foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto you, and shameful spewing shall be on your glory.
1 Corinthians 3:22Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's;
1 Peter 3:13And who is he that will harm you, if all of you be followers of that which is good?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:21
Weighty Sayings. 20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. Note, 1. Those that devise mischief contrive, for the accomplishing of it, how to impose upon others; but it will prove, in the end, that they deceive themselves. Those that imagine evil, under colour of friendship, have their hearts full of this and the other advantage and satisfaction which they shall gain by it, but it is all a cheat. Let them imagine it ever so artfully, deceivers will be deceived. 2.… Read the whole commentary →